Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Bluesky Threads Changing bars on those older stems is quite… exhausting 🥵 by DrBetrueger Adventure biking Adventure on a bike Bicycling Biking Cycling xbiking
Manictree on March 18, 2025 9:58 pm Get a lil pry bar to widen the clamp a bit and the whole operation goes a lot smoother and faster.Â
Metaphoricalsimile on March 18, 2025 10:00 pm Yup. People hate the aesthetic of threadless stem adapters but functionally they are miles ahead of a quill stem, even a nice quill stem.
DigPoke on March 18, 2025 10:02 pm I don’t 1 inch headsets. I’ll keep the rim brakes but give me 1&1/8 thread less steerer tube any dayÂ
Born_Establishment14 on March 18, 2025 10:48 pm It’s a lot easier with old school bars with nice constant radius drops.
iBN3qk on March 18, 2025 11:56 pm I really want to get the nitto handlebar install tool, but it costs as much as handlebars.Â
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Get a lil pry bar to widen the clamp a bit and the whole operation goes a lot smoother and faster.Â
Yup. People hate the aesthetic of threadless stem adapters but functionally they are miles ahead of a quill stem, even a nice quill stem.
That’s an interesting bice fit.
I don’t 1 inch headsets. I’ll keep the rim brakes but give me 1&1/8 thread less steerer tube any dayÂ
What frame is that, brother?
Use a bigger prybar
It’s a lot easier with old school bars with nice constant radius drops.
But so worth it
I really want to get the nitto handlebar install tool, but it costs as much as handlebars.Â